Hizb-an-Nusra

Hizb-an-Nusra, also known as the Party of Assistance, is an Islamist political party and terrorist group in Uzbekistan which was founded by Mirzazhanov Atoyevich in 1999. The movement originated from the international Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, and the party had a more aggressive and covert nature than Hizb ut-Tahrir; its leaders left the group because of its failure to overthrow the Central Asian governments. Its members were also obliged to give to the organization's communal fund, and the group was very secretive, recruiting known Salafists instead of spreading propaganda (as Hizb ut-Tahrir had done). The group operated in the Ferghana Valley, and it was linked to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.